Vanity case



c. N. CORYELL "April 15, 1930? VANITY OAS E Filed Ma rch 8, 192s Patented Apr. 15, 19313 PATENT OFFIC CHARLES N. CORYELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VANITY CASE Application filed March 8,

This invention relates particularly to vanity cases of the combination type, carrying rouge and powder, and special objects of the invention are to provide a neat, attractive construction, in which both the powder and the rouge will be exposed and accessible at the same time in convenient position at the sideof the mirror; in which the powder and rouge will be in the form of readily replaceable compacts and in which said compacts will be enclosed and protected up to the time that they are to be used.

The foregoing and other desirable objects are attained by certain novel features of con- 3 struction, combinations and relations of parts,

all as hereinafter described and broadly claimed.

In the drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification, one of the practical commercial forms of the invention is illustrated, but it should be understood that the structure may be modified as regards this disclosure, without departure from the underlying principles and scope of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front or face view of the vanity case opened as in use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the sleeve or bag form of powder puff preferably used with the case.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the case in the closed relation.

Figure 4 is a broken longitudinal sectional view as on line 44 of Figure 1, showing particularly the rouge compact structure.

Figure 5 is a broken cross sectional View of the rouge compact as on lines 55 of Figures 1 and 4.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view of the case as on substantially the plane of line 66 of Figure 1.

The case in the illustration consists in the main of the two duplicate shallow box sections 7, 8, hingedly connected together along adjacent edges at 9, the first forming a top or cover section and carrying a mirror 10 held behind a frame or bezel 11 and the other forming a body or bottom section for the 1928. Serial No. 259,944.

turned flanges 16, 17 on the under faces of the cover plates 18, 19 hinged at 20, 21 to the upper and lower endsof the bottom section. In the structure illustrated, a frame 22 is secured as a flange about the rim of the lower box section and the cover plates are hingedly secured on the upper and lower bars of this frame by having curled over edges forming loops 23 through which hinge wires 24 are passed, the ends of said wires being projected down through and bent over at the under side of the flange, as indicated at 25.

As the powder compact is usually larger than the rouge compact, the upper cover plate 18 may be of greater length than the lower cover plate 19 so as to carry the larger size compact, but the cover plates are usually dimensioned so as to substantially meet, as indicated at 26 in Figure 3, and thereby form a complete closure to the lower or bottom box 79 section.

By arranging the frame 22 flush with the rim of the lower box section and mounting the cover plates on said frame, it Will be seen that the edges of the cover plates will be exposed about the sides of the lower box section, This enables the finger nail to be readily inserted beneath the cover plates to swing them open as in Figure 1 and to make this operation easier and more positive, the outer 30 edges of the cover plates may have thumb nail indentations struck therein, as indicated at 27 to afford a positive means for taking hold of the two hinged compact supports. When these supports are down or closed, as shown in Figure 3, the compacts are entirely enclosed and protected even when the cover of the case is opened and if only one compact is used, the other may remain in its position turned into the case. If both compacts are to be used, however, they may be both turned out as indicated in Figure l, in which condition. they are fully exposed, convenient for use and directly alongside the mirror in the cover.

A suitable powder and rouge puff or puffs may be provided in the case, such as vthe sleeve or bag type of puff indicated at 28 in Figures 2 and 3 and which may be put under a tongue or clip 29 in the cover overstanding the edge of the mirror.

A suitable spring catch such as that indicated at 30 is provided for securing the case in closed relation. The compacts may be quickly renewed by sliding out the supporting backs from beneath the confining flanges and sliding into place the backs carrying fresh compacts. To aid in positioning and supporting the generally rectangular ralne 22 within the box section, said frame may be provided at opposite sides with rearwardly angled flanges 31 designed to engage the bottom or the inclined side walls 32 of the box section, limiting the location of the frame to a position flush with the rim of the box section and bracing and strengthening the frame and the entire case as well.

What is claimed is:

1. A vanity case comprising a box section,

cover plates hinged to opposite ends of the same and cooperating to form a closure to the box section, retaining slideways on the under faces of'said cover plates, and toilet com-pacts slidablv and detachably engageable with said shdeways.

2. A vanity ease comprising a box section, a frame in said box section substantially flush with the rim of the box section, cover plates hinged to opposite ends of said frame and resting on the frame in their closed relation to form a closure to the box section and toilet accessories mounted on the under faces of said cover plates and occupying the space within the box section when said cover plates are resting on the frame in the closure position, said cover plates having thumb grips at their side edges accessible at the rim of the box sect-ion in the closed position of the plates.

2"). A vanity case comprising a box section,

a frame in said box section having rearwardly directed angularly extending flanges projecting into the box and limiting the positioning of the frame in the box section, a cover :plate hinged to said frame and a toilet accessory detachably mounted on the under face of said cover plate.

4. A vanity case comprising a box section, a substantially rectangular 'fram'e seated in said box section and having rearwardly directed angular'ly extending flanges on opposite sides of the same limiting the positioning of the frame 'in'the box section, cover plates hinged to "the opposite ends of fthe frame and toilet accessories detach'a'bly mounted on the under faces of said cover plates.

5 A vainitycolnprising substantially rectangular hingedly connected box and cover sections, a mirror mounted in thecover section, a powder puff retainer in said cover section, a frame secured in the mouth of the box soctiomcoverplateshi ed to the upper lower ends of ame, retaining In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES N. CORYELL. 

